NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1279, 15 July 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

S_i>ir_T, June 30. _ The. schooner John Andrews picked up a boat . containing the captain and six sailors belonging to the. ship Colonist, . bound for Noumea, which" was wrecked on the Elizabeth reef. The Black Swan and the Egmont collided near Maryborough.. : Both vessels were damaged. \ Parliament meets on. the llth of August. The Rev. Father Duigan, Yass, died suddenly oh the 27th. I The Russian steamer Bazarin has arrived. A skeleton, supposed to be that of Charles 1 Tutor, has' been found near Beauxton, Maitland, with a hole through the skull, as if made by a bullet. Tutor disappeared mysteriously five years ago. Captain Osborn, agent of the British American Telegraph Company, who is en route for New Zealand, before leaving Melbourne had an interview with the Tasmanian delegates regarding telegraphic communication between Tasmania and New Zealand. The delegates promised their hearty cd-operatidn. A Mr Zebsworth, owner of the woollen mills, died suddenly from the effects of animal poisoning. Mr Poole, clerk of Petty Sessions, Yass, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for embezzlement. Archbishop Polding has sustained severe injury by jumping out from his carriage after the horses bolted. Honolulu sugars fetched £26 to £87 12s 6d. The Government have granted the free use of the telegraph for transmission of information connected with the Intercolonial Exhibition. ,- . Mr J. Young, late of Messrs Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., has accepted the' general managership for the colonies of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank* July 2nd. H.MJ3. Blanche has sailed for Auckland Islands, with the intention of making a tho-

rough search for any shipwreck, as directed by the Admiralty. ., — ...... , ,—. ... .-^.,_ i Hewitt decider rttnniiig Bird S mile match. The Parramaft-^trahv came into oolliaion with i three -hbwerTasTToi^Kti -One hd«e-—« killed and.thellothe*it*/rb>:w9*^;inj*tfed; The train itself passed on WithouUwcjdenti John Thomas,, an. enginee^froni Melbourne, reports favorably.. oh the ue# ,6op|Jtat mine .near Micalayol ;! *nit-.#o ! /-.>i»..i ._ » j.ai- . Tbe yOUUg man MasOn,-who sUrtds committed for trial for (^reieM.dilpsnsinj*; o^aleiMch^Vh* bean admitted to baiL Judge Carey's funeral took place to-day^ ■,■'.■■.'•-;, toym ' The Meat-preserving Compahy for tenders for a complete plant. . •,,. ;'„ ' ;i\. V^ The 100 mile race between Colonel ;_«f_ _fi*. mede was one by the forme* in 10 hdii-*s\and a 1 half. B-rmede was thoroughly beat<W after going 80 miles, and Went no further. Mr Charles Mathews attracted an immense house last night. His engagement her»promisse to be a very successful due, -.:'. ii ; .' .* Mr Dean has been re-elected toi __asthigrby • large majority. A : ' ■ a r ; •'■ ~-' r ' Cowan, a draper at Newcastle, baarrjeeti bom* mitted for trial on a charge of forgery. .July % The Exhibition Committee, are nf etim to poet* poning the opening day. ' ' * Nine shocks of earthquake hate lately been felt at Macleay River. ' : - The judges of the Wine Exhibition will publish their awards to-morrow. Messrs/ Gilford and Randall, of South Australia ; Messrs Wyndham» Macarthur, and Oox, of New South Wales, are the principal prize-takers. "" - A " The Baiarin, Russian corvette,- sailed to-day for Fiji. ;;.i i A former named Gray has surrendered fcvthe Kiatna police, and confessed that he: had murdered his wife With an American axe, which he-gave up. .* ? - : ■. •. •; _. „, -r The families of the Government party at Cape York have arrived here per the Pakeha, the settlement having broken up. . ; The ship Antipodes, 83 days out from Oregon, for Melbourne, anchored under;. .Hammock Island on Friday, having lost her sails in a gale*